Christian Ehics

Christian Ethics

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  • Created on: 25-03-14 10:10
Conscience
Sense of right or wrong
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Divine Command Theory
Actions are right or wrong depending on whether they follew god command or not
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Absolutism
absolute moral law that relates to every situation
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Relativism
Nothing is completely right or wrong, depends on the situation
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Situation Ethics
The morally right thing to do is the most loving depending on the situation.
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Euthyphro Dilemma
Plato- Is something good because god commands it or does god command it because it is good?
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Natural Law
Reason can discover an absolute moral law
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Teleological
morally right thing to do depends on the concequences of what you do
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Deontological Ethics
The act itself it what make it moral. Concequences arent important
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Utilitarianism
only pleasure and the absence of pain have value
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Actions are right or wrong depending on whether they follew god command or not

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Divine Command Theory

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absolute moral law that relates to every situation

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Nothing is completely right or wrong, depends on the situation

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The morally right thing to do is the most loving depending on the situation.

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